Soft grey light all day today, with light air out of the SE with the glass on the way up. Most of the action on Carole Lake should come off the weed line and any gaps in it. Quiet conditions all day, with the night marginally better. Save the long walk for a better forecast. Cooling water has fish active and on the move.
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Carole Lake stands in King County, Washington. The country round it is open valley from end to end. The water measures roughly 9 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. The nearest town is Tanner, 15 miles away. The nearest city of size is Bellevue, 35 miles away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.
Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for King County names Chum salmon, Coho salmon and Chinook salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Work Carole Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.
In an average year August sits at 59°F and December at 28°F. The freeze here is occasional rather than annual. Hard water here is never dependable, so check for yourself before stepping out. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. Carole Lake fishes to that pattern most years.
Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Judy Lake, 0.4 miles out. Where Carole Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.
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| 7.2 | 9.2 | 8 | 8.9 | 8 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 11 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 6.7 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 1 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29.45 | 29.43 | 29.43 | 29.42 | 29.38 | 29.35 | 29.34 | 29.32 | 29.33 | 29.32 | 29.32 | 29.32 | 29.31 | 29.31 | 29.31 | 29.32 | 29.34 | 29.36 | 29.38 | 29.4 | 29.43 | 29.46 | 29.46 | 29.48 |
| 67 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 72 | 74 | 83 | 86 | 90 | 92 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 93 |
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